8 幅揭露气候否认主义的漫画 [幻灯片展示]

一位著名科学家和一位著名漫画家揭穿了他们认为是对地球最大的威胁

图片由哥伦比亚大学出版社和汤姆·托尔斯 2016 提供

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这是一个强大的团队:大气科学家迈克尔·曼恩和政治漫画家汤姆·托尔斯。两人都是各自领域的佼佼者。他们都在努力提醒世界气候变化的威胁,即使他们受到政治和商业领袖的攻击。两人最近意识到,如果他们结合各自的才能,或许可以找到一种方法来打破他们所看到的旨在愚弄公众的协同努力。因此,他们创作了一本简洁且富有强烈插图的新书,名为《疯狂屋效应:气候变化否认如何威胁我们的星球、破坏我们的政治并使我们发疯》

曼恩在 9 月 29 日晚间活动中表示,美国公众和政治家“意见分歧如此之大,以至于甚至难以谈论气候变化等问题”。“我们决定用幽默和讽刺来构建事物,以降低障碍。”

曼恩在纽约市美国自然历史博物馆举行的专家小组讨论会上发表了上述评论,该讨论会由哥伦比亚大学经济学家、联合国高级顾问杰弗里·萨克斯主持。托尔斯说,诋毁气候科学的努力“已成为我见过的最极端的直截了当的事实与否认和虚假信息的政治组合之间的脱节。”


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除了解释关于气候科学的基础知识以及人们为什么应该关心之外,这本书还有托尔斯先前绘制和新绘制的数十幅漫画,他称之为“坏演员的‘通缉’海报集”。

实际上,这些漫画切中了曼恩在散文中梳理出的问题的核心。《大众科学》制作了一个幻灯片展示,其中包含来自八个章节中每一章的一幅漫画,这些漫画共同捕捉了整体故事(见上文)。每幅漫画都带有其出现的章节的名称。

在谈话的某个时候,萨克斯、曼恩——他是宾夕法尼亚州立大学地球系统科学中心主任——和托尔斯——《华盛顿邮报》普利策奖得主漫画家,被问及个人可以做些什么来帮助减轻未来的气候变化。三人都说:投票。曼恩在谈到即将到来的美国总统大选时说:“我们正面临一个分水岭时刻。”他和他的其他发言者,没有指名道姓,表示投票给一位候选人将给美国和世界一个控制气候变化的机会,而投票给另一位候选人将注定地球的命运。萨克斯指出,美国在未来几年所做的事情对全球至关重要。

尽管这本书以书面和漫画形式进行了抨击,但它以一个出乎意料的乐观章节“前进的道路”结尾。“我们有很多理由可以谨慎乐观地认为我们仍然可以应对这个问题,”曼恩在博物馆解释说。“如果我们迅速行动。”

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